Author: Larry Heath

Today marked the release of Regina Spektor‘s first ever live CD/DVD release: “Live in London” – and on her official YouTube page she’s released two pretty beautiful examples of what we can expect on the final product – “Eet” and “Dance Anthem of the 80s”. Check them out below.  ABOUT THE CD/DVD SET: ‘LIVE IN…

We’re sure you remember our 2010 coverage of SXSW, so you better believe we’ll be back in 2011 for the 25th Anniversary of the event! And as such, it should come as no surprise to you that we’re keeping a close eye on the announcements of bands set to play. Here is the second announcement….

With over 40 amazing acts from home and around the world already on board its time to complete the picture of what’s in store for the 2011 series of BIG DAY OUT festivals. For the record, 2011 was by far our biggest ever first announcement. The Gold Coast, Melbourne and Sydney events sold out in…

New Zealand’s Die! Die! Die! are favourites on our own shores, and they’ve released their new single “Wasted Lands” – accompanied by quite the interesting music video. Check it out here! “Wasted Lanes” is taken from their third album Form, out now via Flying Nun / Remote Control.

Sydney-based singer-songwriter Emma Davis has released a beautiful animated music video clip for her single “Machines”. It comes off the back of her remarkable self-titled debut album, which touched down last month to rave reviews. The clip is directed, illustrated and animated by Paul Murphy, a twenty-four year old independent filmmaker from Sydney. We hope to…

My Chemical Romance are back with a surprisingly cool video for new single “Sing”. Pretty epic. Who doesn’t love lasers? Is it just me though or does this totally feel out of place with the song itself? We’ll let you be the judge!

Yes, Lykke Li. I would like to get some indeed. Wait, what? You’re a prostitute? Quite interesting lyrics – and this track is easily one of my favourite tracks of the year. Thankfully, the video does not disappoint and give us plenty of time to enjoy Lykke’s beauty. OK, this video is distracting me from other…

One of my all time favourite music video directors (and directors in general) is back, and he’s bringing with him the new one from Canada’s Arcade Fire. “The Suburbs” was one of the tracks off of the new album (of the same name) to drop pretty early on, and it gave us Arcade Fire a…

YouTube seem to be removing the video faster than you can say TWIN FLAMES! So quick! Check out the new video from Klaxons. It’s NSFW. It’s gross. But it’s pretty amazing all at the same time.  Click HERE to search for the video clip online if it’s not working!

Dead Letter Chorus have returned with new single “Run, Wild”. Directed by Jefferton James, the track is from their second album, due out early 2011 on ABC Music. This is a wonderfully fun track (my personal favourite from the album), and a beautiful video. Check it out and enjoy! To celebrate the release of ‘Run,…

Currently touring the country with Grinspoon are Port Macquarie’s The Foreign Objects. While on the road, we chatted with Luke Hall about life on that road, the new EP 321, working with Phil Jamieson and plenty more… read on! Let’s start by talking about the new EP 321 … you recorded in Byron Bay with…

This (live-ish) music video has been floating around the interwebs for months, but Mumford and Son‘s “Roll Away Your Stone” is finally an official single down in Australia. What took them so long? Well, looks like they were waiting on the deluxe 3-disc edition of the album to be released… just in time for Christmas!…

One band who have made quite a few waves in 2010 is Los Angeles five-piece Local Natives. I spoke to bass guitarist and backup vocalist Andy Hamm while he was enjoying a day in West London, ahead of their show in Manchester and following a day and a half in France. Ah, the life of…

Blue Mountains-based rock-and-rollers Belles Will Ring are back with new single “Come North With Me Baby, Wow”. Check out the new music video! “Come North With Me Baby” is available as a digital EP via iTunes NOW. Recorded in the band’s familiar setting of the Blue Mountains with front-man Liam Judson once again at the…

Welcome to the brand new weekly series on the AU review – the AU top 5 countdown – as we lead up to the end of year countdowns in late December. This week we take a look at the 5 bands we believe the whole industry is paying attention to. Are they they “next big…

Filmed in The Hollywood Palace souvlaki shop in South Yarra on the way home from the Keith St video clip shoot, Alexander from Oh Mercy performs “The Good Life Never Ends”. This song was written by David McComb and performed by his last band, Costar. The Blackeyed Susans have also performed this song.

Next week, The Vines, Flight Facilities, Operator Please and many others will be taking to the stage at the Oxford Art Factory in Sydney as part of Billabong’s Design for Humanity UNICEF fundraising event. We got political with Chris from Operator Please and Hugo from Flight Facilities and chatted about the event, and what it…

I can’t believe it’s been two years since I last reviewed the Newtown Festival – in fact it was one of the very first reviews published on the AU review (which was a very different can of worms back then…). But here we are, back again, sitting under the beautiful (though temporary) summer sun, watching some…

With three successful singles already lifted from their platinum album “April Uprising”, it comes as little surprise that John Butler Trio have returned with a fourth. Here’s the brand new music video for “Don’t Wanna See Your Face”. Its shows the band having a bit of fun while (presumably) recording the track – as well as employing…

The Factory Theatre was buzzing on Thursday night, full of young females eager to see the latest “it” girl – New York’s Ingrid Michaelson. Local solo artist Jack Carty was given support duties, and played through a set with songs off his brilliant EP Wine and Consequence, as well us some new tracks. Of particular…

Here’s the music video “Private Universe” by Artisan Guns Following on from the massive success of 2005’s She Will Have Her Way: The Songs of Tim & Neil Finn, now it’s the men’s turn to come out to play and pay homage to the glory of the brothers Finn. It was released in stores today!…

New York native and indie power popette, Ingrid Michaelson may not yet be a household name on Australian shores, but do your research and you’ll find her name and her tunes littered across publications, radio and television worldwide. This is no mean feat for the DIY darling, who has released everything independently on her own…

Halloween might be over but Tales In Space are keeping things spooky with the launch of their new EP ‘Ghost In The Room’ Electronic and sample-based post-rock darlings, Tales In Space announce the release of their sophomore EP ‘Ghost In The Room’, out through Other Tongues on 19 November 2010. Fronted by wunderkind indie producer,…

Ladies and Gentlemen: Cee Lo Green has returned with his third solo record, and first in six years – The Lady Killer.  In between drinks, Cee Lo has dabbled in a number of projects – most notably Gnarls Barkley alongside Dangermouse. Together, they produced two killer records, and Cee Lo became a household name. So, after…

Tonight was yet another evening of quality music at Sydney’s Oxford Art Factory. Kicking off ARIA weekend, headlining the shindig were Melbourne’s The Basics, setting the event up as a duel album launch and farewell event. Thanks in part to Wally’s Gotye project, the band will be taking on a two-year-or-so hiatus after a short…

ARIA is back for another year, and in a very new form. Gone is the arena spectaular at Acer Arena – replaced instead by a week of awards and music – all leading up to a gala event at the Opera House which looks to focus more on live music than it does on the…

Today marks the launch of The John Steel Singer’s (highly anticipated) record Tangalooma, which was produced by The Go-Betweens Robert Forster. Later this month we’ll be seeing the band embark on a national tour in support of the record – but a couple of weeks ago, while they were still on tour with Tame Impala,…

I, like many in the industry, today mourn the loss of The Model’s James Freud.  Earlier this year I had the pleasure of meeting James Freud (and his sons) in a dingy pub in Los Angeles for a friends birthday, while I was in town covering the Aussie BBQ (and en route to SXSW). I’d heard…

Earlier today, someone broke embargo and leaked the 2011 Byron Bay Bluesfest First Announcement. We don’t know who, we’ll leave that for Peter Noble and crew to work out. But it’s here, so we want to make sure you have it. It’s absolutely BREATHTAKING. Stay turned for more lineup announcements – there are three more to…

We had the bestest time earlier this year, and we can’t wait to return in 2011. Organisers of the 25th annual South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas have unveiled the first set of bands confirmed to perform at the event. This gets us pretty damn excited. We already know The Snowdroppers are playing (although…